Myanmar Earthquake: How aid gets to where it’s needed

缅甸地震:援助如何送达所需之地

Business Matters

商务

2025-03-29

49 分钟
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Myanmar's military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has made a rare request for international help after a powerful earthquake hit the centre of the country, flattening buildings and bridges. The US vice president, JD Vance, has accused Denmark of underinvesting in the security of Greenland and leaving it vulnerable. And Rahul Tandon will discuss how Dua Lipa has won the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused her of copying her hit single Levitating from two other songs. We will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world – From the US, Andy Uhler, Journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute and Columbia University's Centre on Global Energy Policy – and Nga Pham, a journalist based in Taiwan.
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  • Foreign.

  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Rahul Tandem.

  • Plenty coming up on the program.

  • We're going to take you to Myanmar very shortly to bring you the latest on the devastating earthquake there.

  • Also, US President Vice President J.D.

  • vance has up the stakes in the war of words over Greenland.

  • He says Denmark has underinvested in the territory.

  • Is he right?

  • Denmark is investing quite a bit every year in Greenland.

  • Subsidies through block grant to Greenland is a quite significant amount of money.

  • And why are restaurants struggling to make a profit in China?

  • Profits are tumbling and many are closing suddenly.

  • Our reporter has been finding out what has gone wrong.

  • As always, we have two guests on opposite sides of the world.

  • We have Na Phaam, journalist and filmmaker who's based in Taiwan.

  • Taipei, in Taiwan.

  • We're going to be looking at what's happening in in Taiwan during the course of the program now.

  • Delighted to have you with us.

  • But what are some of the big stories that have you've been looking at this week?